Title :
Investigation of paralleling Bipole II and the future Bipole III in Nelson river HVDC system
Author :
Zoroofi, S. ; Suriyaarachchi, D.H.R. ; Kell, D. ; Mohaddes, M. ; Wang, Peng ; Jacobson, David
Author_Institution :
TransgridSolutions Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
Manitoba Hydro is currently making plans for the development of Bipole III (BPIII), a 2300MW, +/-500kV HVdc Bipole that will run from Northern Manitoba to the Load centre in the south over a length of approximately 1300km. Both LCC and VSC options are considered for the new BPIII HVdc scheme [1]-[2]. One of the features being investigated is the option to parallel the new Bipole III converters with the existing Bipole II converters on the existing Bipole II (BPII) line. This paper looks at the mechanism to parallel BPII and BPIII considering the LCC and VSC options for BPIII and any potential impact on the existing Bipole I (BPI) system.
Keywords :
HVDC power convertors; hydroelectric power stations; Bipole II paralleling; HVDC Bipole; LCC; Manitoba hydroelectric; Nelson River HVDC system; VSC; future Bipole III; line commutated converters; power 2300 MW; voltage 500 kV; voltage source converter; HVDC; Line Commutated Converters (LCC); Paralleling; Voltage Source Converters (VSC);
Conference_Titel :
AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2012), 10th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-700-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.1941
